diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/taste.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/taste.dm
index bd497451d..b145d91d0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/taste.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/taste.dm
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
 	if ((from.pH > 12.5) || (from.pH < 1.5))
 		to_chat(src, "<span class='warning'>You taste chemical burns!</span>")
 		T.applyOrganDamage(5)
-	if(istype(T, /obj/item/organ/tongue/cybernetic) && T.owner?.stat != DEAD)
-		to_chat(src, "<span class='notice'>Your tongue moves on it's own in response to the liquid.</span>")
-		say("The pH is appropriately [round(from.pH, 1)].")
-		return
 	if (!HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_AGEUSIA)) //I'll let you get away with not having 1 damage.
 		if(last_ph_taste_time + 50 < world.time)
 			var/ph_taste_number
diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
index 18cc83a16..9600eb8e4 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		return
 	if(organ_flags & ORGAN_SYNTHETIC)
 		var/errormessage = list("Runtime in tongue.dm, line 39: Undefined operation \"zapzap ow my tongue\"", "afhsjifksahgjkaslfhashfjsak", "-1.#IND", "Graham's number", "inside you all along", "awaiting at least 1 approving review before merging this taste request")
-		owner.say("The pH is appropriately [pick(errormessage)].")
+		owner.say("The pH is approximately [pick(errormessage)].")
 
 /obj/item/organ/tongue/applyOrganDamage(var/d, var/maximum = maxHealth)